The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | autem | Et | and | ܘܟܕ | and | Καὶ | and | |||||
επιγνουσP75 | having learned | ἐπιγνοὺς | having learned | επιγνους | | | — | ut | having learned | ܝܕܥ | having learned | ἐπιγνοὺς | having learned | |||||
οτιP75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | cognoscens | cognovit | that | — | — | ὅτι | that | |||||
εκP75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | est | quod | from | ܕܡܢ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
τησP75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῆς | the | |||||
εξουσιασP75 | jurisdiction | ἐξουσίας | jurisdiction | εξουσιας | | | de | de | jurisdiction | ܬܚܝܬ | jurisdiction | ἐξουσίας | jurisdiction | |||||
ηρωδουP75 | of Herod | Ἡρῴδου | of Herod | ηρωδου | | | heroden | Herodis | of Herod | ܫܘܠܛܢܐ | of Herod | Ἡρῴδου | of Herod | |||||
εστινP75 | He is, | ἐστίν, | He is, | εστιν | | | potestate | potestate | He is, | ܗܘ | He is, | ἐστίν | He is, | |||||
ανεπεμψενP75 | he sent up | ἀνέπεμψεν | he sent up | ανεπεμψεν | | | esset | esset | he sent up | — | — | ἀνέπεμψεν | he sent up | |||||
αυτονP75 | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | αυτον | | | — | remisit | Him | ܕܗܪܘܕܤ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | |||||
προσP75 | to | πρὸς | to | — | | | eum | eum | to | ܫܕܪܗ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
τονP75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | — | | | misit | — | — | — | — | Ἡρῴδην | <the> | |||||
ηρωδηνP75 | Herod | Ἡρῴδην | Herod | ηρωδη | | | ad | ad | Herod | ܠܘܬܗ | Herod | ὄντα | Herod | |||||
ονταP75 | being | ὄντα | being | — | | | herodes | Herodem | being | — | — | καὶ | being | |||||
καιP75 | also | καὶ | also | — | | | quia | qui | also | ܕܗܪܘܕܤ | also | αὐτὸν | also | |||||
αυτονP75 | he himself | αὐτὸν | he himself | — | | | — | et | he himself | ܡܛܠ | he himself | ἐν | he himself | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | cum | ipse | in | ܕܒܐܘܪܫܠܡ | in | Ἱεροσολύμοις | in | |||||
ιεροσολυμοισP75 | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσολύμοις | Jerusalem | ϊεροσολυμοις | | | hierosolymis | Jerosolymis | Jerusalem | ܗܘܐ | Jerusalem | ἐν | Jerusalem | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | — | erat | in | — | — | ταύταις | in | |||||
ταυταισP75 | those | ταύταις | those | — | | | illis | illis | those | ܒܗܢܘܢ | those | ταῖς | those | |||||
ταισP75 | <the> | ταῖς | <the> | ταις | | | in | — | — | — | — | ἡμέραις | <the> | |||||
ημεραισP75 | days. | ἡμέραις.¶ | days. | ημεραις | | | diebus | diebus | days. | ܝܘܡܬܐ | days. | ἡμέραις.¶ | days. | |||||
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